Invincible through Touching Corpses

Chapter 145 - 144: Returning to the Shelter

"It’s the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps," the soldier on the watchtower confirmed after observing for a moment through military binoculars.

"That’s great." Zhang Yue couldn’t help but clench his fist, a look of delight finally appearing on his face.

After a short wait, everyone saw the approaching convoy.

Seeing that there were nine Armored Vehicles gave Zhang Yue quite a shock.

’The Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps only had three Armored Vehicles. Does this mean the Wild Wolf Mercenary Corps sent out six?’

Of course, what surprised Zhang Yue even more was that the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps had actually won.

The convoy soon stopped in front of them. Fang Tianhe was the first to open a door and jump out, and the others disembarked as well.

Gao Mountain, Ling Xiu, and the others also got out. When they saw Fang Tianhe chatting enthusiastically with the military personnel, they were visibly surprised.

Although they had heard from Lin Xinghai that the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps had connections with the Shelter’s higher-ups, they hadn’t expected them to be on such familiar terms. This discovery made them secretly rejoice.

’After this battle, our relationship with the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps is quite deep. If we run into trouble in the future, maybe we can go through them to contact the Shelter’s higher-ups and sort things out.’

"Colonel Zhang, let me introduce you. This is Gao Mountain, Captain of the Mountain and Sea Mercenary Corps. He and his men were the reinforcements we called. We owe them a great deal for their help this time. Otherwise, things would have been much worse for us," Fang Tianhe said, making the introduction.

Zhang Yue nodded, which eased some of his doubts.

’So it was four Mechas against five. Winning is still impressive, but at least it’s not completely unbelievable.’

"Your willingness to help deal with the Morgan Conglomerate this time was an impressive display. Our higher-ups need more responsible Mercenary Corps like you. If you run into trouble in the future, as long as you haven’t violated any of the Shelter’s regulations, you can come to the Military Department and ask me for help," Zhang Yue said after a moment of consideration.

Hearing this, an excited expression immediately appeared on Gao Mountain’s face. He hadn’t expected to gain the military’s approval just by coming out to help. He thanked the colonel profusely.

What followed was the handover of various weapons and equipment.

"The entire battle is on here. This is the only video I saved," Fang Tianhe said, producing a storage device.

This was something the Military Department had requested of him.

Zhang Yue took the storage device, immediately used his wrist-mounted computer to access the video, and began playing it.

The more he watched, the more alarmed he grew. The intensity of the battle was far greater than he had imagined.

What concerned him even more was that the weapons used by the Wild Wolf Mercenary Corps were even better than the ones his own Military Department had provided.

This was truly unexpected. ’And all of this was done by the Morgan Conglomerate, right under our noses.’

This was indirect proof that the power they had hidden within the Shelter was far beyond the military’s predictions.

Fortunately, they had used the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps to probe the enemy’s strength this time. Otherwise, when their two sides finally clashed, a miscalculation of the enemy’s power would be fatal.

Of course, beyond his surprise at the Wild Wolf Mercenary Corps’ weaponry, he was even more astonished by the Power that Lin Xinghai demonstrated.

The scene where Lin Xinghai fought the Mecha, in particular, made his eyelids twitch, even though it lasted only a few short seconds.

Zhang Yue couldn’t help but glance in Lin Xinghai’s direction, only to find the man looking right back at him. Lin Xinghai did nothing, but Zhang Yue suddenly felt his scalp tingle.

He forced a smile, finished the video, and quickly arranged the details of the handover.

"Captain Fang, we’ve finished inventorying the weapons you brought back. According to the recovery ratio we agreed upon, the total comes to 643,000. Let’s just round it up. I’ll transfer 650,000 Points directly to you when we get back. Here’s the list. Take a look and see if there are any issues," Zhang Yue said, handing Fang Tianhe the inventory list his soldiers had prepared.

Fang Tianhe just gave it a quick glance before nodding with a smile. "My thanks, Brother Zhang. I’ll treat you to a drink when we get back."

"Of course, of course."

After some polite exchanges, Fang Tianhe gave the order to depart and return to the Shelter.

To protect the Mountain and Sea Mercenary Corps, the two groups parted ways before entering the Shelter. After all, if the Morgan Conglomerate set its sights on them, they would be in for a very hard time.

Soon, the group returned to the Shelter. At the Mercenary Plaza, the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps waited as usual for the Mercenary Guild staff to come and tally their haul.

And their haul was indeed substantial this time. With Lin Xinghai clearing the way, the number of Zombies they had killed exceeded 3,000.

The final count of Elemental Crystals displayed on the large screen reached 3,156.

The total value exceeded 80,000 Points.

A haul like that immediately sent an uproar through the Mercenary Plaza.

If the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps had just gotten lucky and found something valuable, like an Energy Crystal Stone or some precision instruments, earning so many Points wouldn’t have caused such a stir.

But the thing was, all these Points came from killing Zombies. That was what was so terrifying—it was a display of pure, unadulterated strength.

"Brother Hai is fucking incredible! I feel like it won’t be long before our reputation is on par with those top-tier Third Level Mercenary Corps." Xu Haishui felt a bit dazed as he watched the buzzing crowd in the Mercenary Plaza.

The others weren’t much better. Preoccupied with the Wild Wolf Mercenary Corps, no one had really paid attention to how many Elemental Crystals they’d collected.

It wasn’t until the count was being tallied that they were shocked to discover just how terrifying their haul was.

That was 80,000 Points!

Even the top Third Level Mercenary Corps wouldn’t dare dream of earning so many Points on a single routine mission.

And all of this was thanks to Lin Xinghai.

So, amidst the excitement of the huge haul, Fang Tianhe also felt a headache coming on. ’I need to have a frank discussion with Lin Xinghai,’ he thought. ’I have to figure out how to get him to stay.’

Once the staff finished the tally and deposited the Points into their account, Fang Tianhe announced loudly, "Alright, everyone has worked hard! Let’s go to the Mercenary Guild’s bar to celebrate! Also, everyone did a great job on this mission, so each of you gets an extra 1,000 Points. Other bonuses will be calculated separately."

As his words fell, the Mercenaries erupted in cheers, especially the newer members, whose excitement was written all over their faces.

They hadn’t expected Fang Tianhe to be so generous, handing out 1,000 Points per person just like that.

1,000 Points might not be much for the Mercenary Corps as a whole, but for an ordinary mercenary, it was a significant windfall.

More importantly, there were still other bonuses to come—that was the real prize!

The members of the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps left in high spirits. But among the crowd of onlookers in the Mercenary Plaza, a few unremarkable-looking lower-class residents watched the scene with gloomy eyes.

And everything these few "lower-class residents" saw was transmitted to the headquarters of the Morgan Conglomerate just a few minutes later.